Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Strathcona Resources Ltd. is one of North America’s fastest growing pure play heavy oil producers with operations focused on thermal oil and enhanced oil recovery near the Cold Lake and Lloydminster regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Strathcona is committed to doing business the right way, guided by our core values: Integrity, Energy, and Intelligence. These values define who we are as a company, how we work together, and how we make decisions: We prioritize respect, accountability, and collaboration. That means everyone can shape and strengthen our culture and drive results in meaningful ways. Our people bring energy and curiosity to solve problems and deliver results. Be part of a team where performance, collaboration, and innovation come together to drive success.
We are actively seeking an experienced Development Engineer to join our Lloydminster Thermal team in Calgary. Reporting to the Team Lead, Development, the development engineer will be responsible for formulating and executing asset development plans and prioritizing capital utilization in order to optimize asset value.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead planning and execution of annual capital program.
Ensure deployed development capital meets/exceeds internal financial expectations.
Prioritize and optimize development capital to maximize asset value.
Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and long-term plans for the asset.
Collaborate with a multi-discipline team to identify, evaluate, prioritize, plan, and execute new pad developments, plant debottlenecks/expansions, new technologies.
Lead drill readiness, working with key stakeholders for the selection, licensing, and scheduling of new wells.
Support technical components of annual reserves process.
Formulate growth opportunities through greenfield developments as well as brownfield expansions and debottlenecks.
Ensure regulatory compliance in areas relating to drilling, reservoir depletion, recovery schemes and royalty management.
Qualifications & Skills:
A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.
Minimum of 5 years of development experience, accompanied by expertise in thermal heavy oil reservoir, exploitation, production, or facilities engineering.
Minimum of 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
Proven technical expertise in one or more areas of reservoir engineering, exploitation engineering, production engineering, or facilities engineering.
Versatile approach of working independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Excellent prioritization and time management ability to deliver results while working under deadlines.
Strong business acumen and understanding of oil & gas development along with project/field economics and cashflow modeling.
Proficient in the use of ValNav or equivalent, Accumap/Geoscout, Microsoft Office.
Previous reserves experience is an asset.
Other Details:
Occasional travel to the field may be required.
Great things aren’t done by one person, they’re done by a team.
We believe meaningful results come from people with unwavering commitment to integrity, energy, and intelligence – how we show up matters just as much as what we deliver. We value our work, our communities, and our commitments – but most of all, we value the team of people who make what we do possible.
Apply to Strathcona
If you have what it takes to be a great Strathcona team member, we want to hear from you. We appreciate all interest in this opportunity but only those selected to advance through the process will be contacted.
Development Engineer • Calgary, AB
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